Hi i have got a column xy where the values are stored as shown.
XY |
(Drug A)-(Drug-BB)-(Drug-CCC) |
(Drug-BB)-(Drug A)-(Drug-CCC) |
(Drug-CCC)-(Drug-BB)-(Drug A) |
I wanted the output like this.The values to be stored in separate column under a b and c. Please help me if anyone knows the answer for this.
A | B | C |
Drug A | Drug-BB | Drug-CCC |
Drug-BB | Drug A | Drug-CCC |
Drug-CCC | Drug-BB | Drug A |
Thanks in advance.
data have;
input xy $50.;
cards;
(Drug A)-(Drug-BB)-(Drug-CCC)
(Drug-BB)-(Drug A)-(Drug-CCC)
(Drug-CCC)-(Drug-BB)-(Drug A)
;
data want;
set have;
t=compress(tranwrd(xy,')-(' ,','),'()');
a=scan(t,1,',');
b=scan(t,2,',');
c=scan(t,3,',');
drop t;
run;
data have;
input xy $50.;
cards;
(Drug A)-(Drug-BB)-(Drug-CCC)
(Drug-BB)-(Drug A)-(Drug-CCC)
(Drug-CCC)-(Drug-BB)-(Drug A)
;
data want;
set have;
t=compress(tranwrd(xy,')-(' ,','),'()');
a=scan(t,1,',');
b=scan(t,2,',');
c=scan(t,3,',');
drop t;
run;
thank you
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